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In a 17-year football career John Fashanu played for Norwich City, Lincoln City, Millwall, Wimbledon and Aston Villa.

He was part of the Wimbledon side that defeated Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup final and he won two England caps in 1989.

He co-hosted the ITV show Gladiators in the Nineties and was runner-up in the 2003 series of I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here. Now 55, Mr Fashanu lives in Nigeria with his girlfriend, Rachel Bakam.